"Zabism" Quotes from Famous Books
... erected for divine worship in the most early times. The Helladians, and the Persians, were of the same [436]family: hence we find many similar rites subsisting among the two nations. The latter adhered to the purer Zabaism, which they maintained a long time. They erected the same sacred Tupha, as the Grecians: and we may be assured of the original purpose, for which these hills were raised, from the use to which they put them. They were dedicated ... — A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant |